Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Denise works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Denise
Denise VonSchmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 20 years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns. She works with individuals facing life changes, grief, sleep or eating problems, ADHD, and career or intimacy-related issues.
Her style is warm and person-centered. She listens with respect and compassion and aims to help people find their own answers. Sessions are direct but gentle, and she balances encouragement with clear guidance when needed.
Background and approach
Denise blends practical tools with reflective conversation. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try small changes. She also uses emotionally focused ideas to improve connection and communication when relationships are a concern.
Clients may expect help with problem solving and building new habits. Denise offers coaching-style support for goal setting along with therapeutic work for deeper issues like trauma, grief, and long-term mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She can also address specific areas like body image, abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiving stress.
Her approach is collaborative. She explains options, helps people choose a path, and adjusts methods as progress unfolds. Denise emphasizes dignity and nonjudgmental care while challenging clients to try new behaviors.
People who are nervous about starting therapy often find her steady manner reassuring. She focuses on practical steps that fit daily life and on building skills people can use between sessions.
What Denise works with
Everything Denise lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Denise's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance. The therapist offers empathy and respect to help people clarify what matters to them and find their own solutions. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to think through problems.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions, and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, anger, low mood, sleep problems, and many day-to-day challenges.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose methods and adjust them over time so the work fits the client’s needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain steady progress.
Questions people ask about Denise
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns, plus issues like grief, sleep or eating problems and ADHD.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and person-centered with a balance of gentle listening and clear guidance. She focuses on respect and dignity while encouraging practical change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working as a counselor and psychotherapist with a wide range of issues across the lifespan.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and practices out of that state.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.